Fennel


Common Name Fennel
Latin Name Foeniculum Vulgare
Folk Name Fennel
Medical Uses Treats indigestion, gas, spasm of the bowels, brings up phlegm from the lungs  » internal: flatulent colic in babies; amenorrhea; suppressed lactation (Felter and Scudder, p. 380); dyspepsia and diarrhea in infants;  conjunctivitis (Weiss, p. 68); flatulent dyspepsia; anorexia
» external: conjunctivitis;  pharyngitis (British Herbal Pharmacopoeia, p. 93)